Strategy Consultant, Crimson RISE

Crimson Education is the world’s leading college admissions consulting firm, with over 1,490 Ivy League offers and 2,410 to the US Top 15. We help ambitious students gain admission to the world’s top universities through expert-led guidance and proven, data-driven strategies. Crimson students are 7x more likely to get into the Ivy League than their peers. We were recently featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal .

Crimson is the only college admissions consultancy that brings together:

Former Ivy League and Top 20 admissions officers to rigorously review and refine applications

Professors and PhD teaching fellows from leading universities to guide students through original, independent research — with pathways to selective peer-reviewed publication or conference presentation

Past ISEF winners and judges who coach students to compete for state, national, and international science fair awards

Capstone project mentors who help students design and scale leadership initiatives with real-world impact, measurable outcomes, and credible external validation

We’re backed by leading VC firms, including Tiger Global, Heal Partners, IceHouse Ventures, and Movac, and recently closed a USD $40M Series D funding round at a USD $640M valuation. We now operate across 21 markets worldwide, including the US, Canada, UK, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand.

With university admissions rates on a continued decline, Crimson is proud to have built the world’s first and only global program featuring strategic mentorship, extracurricular development, and academic support for students aged 11-14- Crimson Rise .

This is a full-time , fully remote position with an immediate start.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

As a Crimson Rise Strategy Consultant, you will work directly with young students (typically ages 10-14, occasionally younger) and their parents to develop and execute academic, extracurricular, and personal growth goals in line with desired academic or professional pathways. You’ll be responsible for

Creating, maintaining, and ensuring execution on strategic roadmaps

Leading a team of experts to support execution of these roadmaps

Identifying age-appropriate, interest-aligned competitions and activities

Communicating the latest university admissions trends

Partnering with parents to ensure a quality service experience and tangible growth

Services You’ll Provide

Guide students in pre-college academic strategy, including:

Assessing academic performance and proposing improvement/growth solutions

Advising on grade improvement

Advising on pros/cons of public, private, boarding, online, and homeschool

Advising on curriculum selection

Selecting courses, activities, summer programs, and super-curricular programs

Ideating advanced capstone projects that can scale throughout high school

Building advanced competitions plans that span high school

Optimizing recommendations for university admissions based on shifting trends and student’s location, background, resources, and strengths

Provide holistic, consultant-led coaching to students 1:1, including

Organization, time management, goal-setting, and study skills

Guided interest identification and career research

Guided project brainstorming and activities selection

Tailored reading lists and guidance on vocabulary improvement

Introduction to university admissions and expectations

Reflections on priorities, interests, motivators, strengths, and stress management

Helping students become healthy, clear-minded thinkers confident in inherent value and able to engage passionately with their interests and the world around

Support sales and marketing teams across Crimson in understanding / presenting the Rise program to prospective clients.

Required Qualifications

Undergraduate degree from a Top 30 US or Top 20 UK university

2+ years professional working experience

1+ years experience educating, coaching, or working with 11-14 year-olds

Entrepreneurial/competitions experience at high school/college level strongly preferred

Track record of acceptances to top universities/private schools preferred

Required Skills

Research and analysis

Creative thinking under pressure

Global awareness and cross-cultural communication

Solution orientation

Collaborative mindset

Why work for Crimson?

Competitive salary with growth opportunities in a student-focused, team-driven environment, housed within one of the world’s most exciting and rapidly growing startups

Individualized mentoring and development opportunities with members of Crimson’s leadership team

Flexible work hours, 100% remote

Learning and development budget

Commission available for those who wish to upskill in sales

If you're passionate about education and people and looking for a fast-paced, collaborative environment, and want to work with cutting-edge technology then we'd love to hear from you!

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